Lauren Nash, a meteorologist with the NWS, said Friday morning that the organization is only reporting with 30 percent confidence at this point, and as the storm appears to be closer to 48 hours out, it will be able to better assess what exactly the area should be in for.

But at this point, she said the weather service is seeing what appears to be “not your typical coastal storm. It’s more of an elongated kind of storm, so it should be pretty uniform across Long Island.”

The NWS has issued a hazardous weather outlook, stating that “there is the potential for 8 inches of snow from Sunday night into early Monday evening. Any change in the track and intensity of the system may have an impact on the amount and type of precipitation expected.”